Seal of Biliteracy Resource for PreK-12 Language Teachers Now Available
Monday, September 20, 2021
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Posted by: Patrick Hauth
The AATSP is proud to announce a new resource for PreK-12 language teachers. We have developed a brochure in English and Spanish for teachers to share with students, parents, and administrators that promotes the benefits of the Seal of Biliteracy / El Sello de Bilingüismo. The Seal of Biliteracy is an award granted to graduating high school seniors in more than one language (e.g., English and Spanish/Portuguese) and serves as a pathway to further opportunities in education and careers.
Click below to download the PDFs to print or share digitally.
Patrick Hauth
says... Posted Thursday, October 7, 2021
Dear Sandra, At this time we do not have a brochure available in Portuguese. Would you be willing to volunteer to help our National Office create a Portuguese version of the brochure? If you would like more information please feel free to reach out to the national office via email at aastpoffice@aatsp.org
Ms. DeSimone,
A school and/or district may choose to recognize students by issuing, among other things, a certificate or a medal. Additionally, the official state recognition will be noted on the student’s transcript. The way the State of Texas currently instructs public education institutions to award the Seal is through what it calls a “Performance Acknowledgement on Bilingualism and Biliteracy”. There are specific requirements that need to be met by the student so that they may earn a performance acknowledgment on their official transcript.
Copy and paste the following address on your browser- https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/ch074b.pdf
to review the Texas SBE Rules. Scroll down to page 16 > Graduation Requirements > Subparagraph ( b ) to view the way a student may earn this distinction .
Feel free to contact me at mlvpeace@gmail.com should you have further questions.”
How do most school districts go about this? Do you issue them a certificate? How do you decide? Is it taking the upper levels of Spanish, or what's not required to graduate? For example, in Texas 2 years are required for graduation. Do we recognize those who went through at least level 3? Thank you for your assistance!
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